From:
ferretgirl6@cs.com
Date: 2001-06-28 20:46:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Is it normal for ferrets to grow
different colorfur ...
In a message dated 6/27/2001 1:12:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Dovie_Reynolds@baylor.edu writes:
From what I've read, it is perfectly normal for them to change
color
completely with their shedding cycle. My Copernicus just went
through this:
he went from silver to sterling silver in one week (almost all of
his black
guard hairs fell out), and now he has gone back to silver. I
wouldn't be
alarmed unless the hair falls out and doesn't grow back.
Two of mine change shades with the seasons. Poki gets much lighter
in color,
and Smoky gets a much lighter tan undercoat. In the winter Poki has
a lot of
black guard hairs and Smoky has a deep carmel undercoat. Loki has
pretty much
stayed the same, and Vanilla's an albino. His coat has turned to the
adult
yellowish white. (he just turned one.)
Amy and the boys